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Columns

Write Again … Just say a prayer of thanks

Some years ago, I read in a professional journal that “letters are the true heart-talkers.” Most certainly the following sentiments expressed in a letter I ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, October 21, 2013 5:44 pm

Columns

Write Again … Please, no “up for grabs”

This, reader friends, is not going to be the stuff of Pulitzer prizes. Hardly. Besides, I don’t think they award Pulitzers to column writers, anyway. ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, October 7, 2013 4:18 pm

Columns

Write Again … The length of our journey

In a fairly recent issue of a national news magazine there was a surfeit of facts, figures — a veritable plethora of data about just ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, September 30, 2013 7:35 pm

Columns

Write Again … On solving the jail dilemma

Ah. The saga goes on. What shall we do with our jail? Build a new one? Locate it here? No, there. Maybe some place else? ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, September 23, 2013 7:40 pm

Columns

Write Again … The fields of our dreams

Among the good memories I have from my growing-up years are the many times my father would share his own memories of his growing-up years. ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, September 16, 2013 5:41 pm

Columns

Write Again … A wonderful world of words

Taking into account that I spent my last seven years with the Dare County schools in the central office, it must be well on to ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, September 9, 2013 8:58 pm

Columns

Write Again … A family cow named Goldie

One of the really pleasant aspects of being cattle ranchers (well, we do have two head) is having parents and grandparents come by with their ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, August 19, 2013 5:09 pm

Columns

Write Again … Looking for the right job

The time has come. Fact is, it came a while back, but I just didn’t really want to recognize it, I suspect. I mean, at ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, August 12, 2013 7:28 pm

Columns

Write Again … The Long, Blue Line endures

Some of us sometimes tend to romanticize, look back through a filter at what we now perceive as the golden days of our lives. Our ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, August 5, 2013 10:39 pm

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Write Again … Dr. John, Elvis, Pappy and JFK

My wonderful First Wife’s Washington High School class had its 50th reunion earlier this summer. She can scarcely believe a half-century has passed since her ... Read more

by Bartow Houston, Monday, July 22, 2013 5:13 pm

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